Our Team

The team at Wedgetail Retreat Hospice and Tweed Palliative Support are dedicated to providing friendly care and support to those experiencing life-limiting illness and their families. Expect exceptional service from our President through to our experienced volunteers.

President & Volunteer Co-ordinator: Meredith Dennis

Meredith has been an inspiring palliative care innovator for nearly two decades. Trained as a nurse and volunteering for the charity since 1998, her enthusiasm for providing quality community palliative care is ever present. As President and Volunteer Coordinator for many years, Meredith works with the committee and oversees the operation of the volunteer palliative care training, home-hospice support services, Wedgetail Retreat community hospice, educational courses, Sunshine ‘Pamper’ Days, loan of medical equipment to clients and the TPS Hospice Op shops.

The charity is lead by a person who understands first hand what it is like to care for a loved family member at the end of their life. Incredibly, Meredith’s father, Stanley, was one of the first people to require the hospice for his end-of-life care. In 2014, he was visiting Meredith from Adelaide with Mignon, Meredith’s mother, when he was diagnosed with lung cancer with bone metastasis. Surrounded by family, Meredith cared for her dad at Wedgetail Retreat, just before it was to be officially opened.

In 2016 Meredith was announced as a NSW Finalist in the Australian of the Year 2017 Awards – Local Hero category. Awarded ‘2015 Community Volunteer Contribution Award’ by NNSW Local Health District. On behalf of the charity, Meredith received the award of ‘Best Community Service in the Tweed’ and out of eighteen category winners, ‘Best Business Tweed’ in the 2015 Business Excellence Awards Tweed Shire. Meredith was awarded ‘Tweed Volunteer of the Year’ in 2001, ‘Tweed Shire Citizen of the Year’ in 2005 and ‘Murwillumbah Volunteer of the Year’ in 2009.

Meredith was born and grew up in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. She trained and worked as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital before moving to Sydney and working at St Vincent’s Private Hospital. She was also a company director for many years. Meredith then moved north, volunteered for TPS and to help to raise the profile of the charity, was a Pink Lady at Murwillumbah Hospital for 10 years. She opened and ran the Murwillumbah Hospital Coffee Shop for 2 years. Meredith has been a President of Friends of the Tweed River Art Gallery and is a current gallery member. She lives in Limpinwood on a farm surrounded by Labrador dogs and horses.[/one_fifth_last]